Jacobs, Harriet Brent. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Title

Jacobs, Harriet Brent. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Creator

Jacobs, Harriet Brent

Contributor

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Date

186 ?

Description

Handwritten letter from Harriet Brent Jacobs to Amy Kirby Post. Jacobs describes her travel plans to London.

Subject

Post, Amy Kirby, b. 1802

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

1260

Location

Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Transcription

(Page 1)

March 1st

My Dear Friends

I had thought
to have written you be
fore this. but as my
movements were uncer
tain- I waited to tell
you what I had de
cided upon- it had
been my intention to
get away by the first
of April, but in this
I have been disappoint
ed but have settled
to sail on the 26^of^ May-

[Text written along left margin on Page 1]

what is right excuse this scrawl Yours HJ

(Page 2)

under the protection
of Mr Mosses Grinnell
I expect to meet my
Brother who is sailing
out of London- I think
that he will return
home with me Louise
recieved [sic] a letter from
him , in which he asked
her to write to you and
Mr Post, for him- I ex
pect to go to Bostun [sic] in
April- I shall be there
several weeks when I
shall have time to
do all that you wished

(Page 3)

in regard to the
Book- Mrs Chapman
told me when I was
there that she was
acquainted with you
through correspondence-
if you should have
occasion to write to
her- please say a c kind
word, for the interest
^you take in^ toward my poor humble
self- I trust that I shall
see you before I go away
I think that I shall be
on my way from Bostun [sic]
about the time of the
anniversary- will you be

(Page 4)

there I hope so for
I have a great deal
more to say than I can
write do let me have
a line from you -now
and then I hear of you
through W Nell -
please remember me
to all the good people
give my love to Willie
tell me him that I hope
to come and see him
before he is a Man-
as the time draws near
I hate to think of going
so far from Louise per
haps- it may be for the
best- at least I shall not
let my expectation run
high I only hope to do

Annotations

Harriet Brent Jacobs, an author and former slave, is writing to Amy Post, a close friend and benefactor. Prior to the time she wrote this letter, Jacobs was living in the home of her employer, Cornelia Grinnell Willis and Nathaniel Parker Willis. The Willises had paid for Jacobs's freedom from slavery. Mosses was Cornelia's uncle. John was Jacobs's brother. Louisa was her daughter. Maria Weston Chapman was an abolitionist elected to the executive committee of the American Anti- Slavery Society. William Cooper Nell was an abolitionist and former slave. Willie was Post's youngest son.

Tags

Abolitionism; Personal

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Jacobs, Harriet Brent, “Jacobs, Harriet Brent. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 23, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/3549.

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